document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=103225>Question 103225</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One student can mow a yard in 3 hours; another student, in 4 hours.  About how long would it take if they work together?  Please show me how you got the answer. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1st student: does 1/3 of the job in 1 hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd student: does 1/4 fo the job in 1 hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/3+1/4=4/12+3/12=7/12 of the job gets done in 1 hr by both of them.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12/7 hrs it takes them to do it together or 1 hr 5/7 or about 1 hr 43 min<BR>\n" );
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